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Crazy Beautiful
Chapter 5
Missing
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"Larien, my sweet, sweet Larien! How long has it been since we have gazed upon thy lovely face?." Elrohir sang as he sprinkled rose petals on Larien's head, eddying round her. Elladan just smiled at her and nodded a greeting. Elrohir and Elladan had been part of the mischievous group of elfings that spent their early years together with Larien and Haldir.
"What brings the both of you here?"
"Our horses." Elrohir replied with a foolish grin, not breaking his stride, only to receive a smack on his head from Larien.
"We have come to visit our sister. Glorfindel has come to visit as well but he will be not be staying long, he stopped by on his way to Mirkwood, he has to see King Thranduil concerning some matters. My father did not mention what they were, he never does."
"They never tell us 'children' what is going on around here. We always get the dirty jobs of dealing with the orcs." Larien agreed. "And how are you doing?" she asked him, ignoring the occasional passing of the delirious elf circling her.
Elladan shrugged, his hand automatically reaching up to his head to rub it. Though the brothers were very similar to each other, Elladan had always been a little more shy than his twin and his shyness would work its way to the surface every time he met Larien. Which was rarely as they had their own duties in their own homes. The brothers had been competing for Larien ever since they were old enough for their hormones to race. It started as a simple infatuation and a simple game, but as they grew older, instead of it fading off, it became even more heated. Fortunately for Larien, the twins were kept very busy by their father.
"I'm fine, though father has been keeping us even more busy as of late, what with all the orcs and hunting trips." Elladan said trying to sound nonchalant. Elrohir halted his prancing all of a sudden and added in," Ah but what fun it has been, eh brother? Especially the last century or so. Too bad you weren't there. Join us some time? We need a little more adventure."
"Will we be having to save you again, like the last time Elrohir?" Larien asked, smirking. Elrohir scrunched up his face in denial. "That's because I let you save me! I could have dealt with that spider myself."
"Right. And return home with your arms and legs missing." Elladan laughed.
"That's quite fine. Your poor father will have one ball of mischief less. The bigger ball I might add." Larien added, putting an arm around Elladan's shoulder. Elrohir opened his mouth to protest again but Larien grabbed their hands and dragged them forcefully towards where the talans were located.
"Come now, Legolas will be glad to see the both of you." She flew up the ladder and found Legolas stringing his bow. "Guess who's here!" She swept her arm dramatically as Elrohir scrambled up the flet with a big grin on his face, followed by Elladan. Elrohir clasped his childhood friend's forearm and gathered him in a hug. The affection was short lived as soon, they found themselves on the floor, with Legolas pinned underneath a laughing Elladan. Not one to be dominated, Legolas roughly heaved the elf to the side, successfully positioning himself on top of Elladan. The tussle continued as they threw friendly punches and kicks. Larien sighed, shaking her head and said aloud,"They never change do they. Sure they may be past a thousand years, but no, still elfings."
Elrohir ignored her, cheering loudly as the two elves rolled off the talan and onto another one below. The impact only got a grunt out of them as they continued wrestling. The two males kept rolling and it eventually went out of their control, causing them to fall down yet again, not knowing that there was a pair of unaware people sitting below the tree.
Haldir looked up and was shocked to see Legolas and Elladan rolling off the talan. His first reaction was to push Aurora away but ended up lying on top of her. Soon, the other two elves came falling from the last talan and piled up onto Haldir and Aurora. Elrohir and Larien decided to have a closer look at the mess that was just created and climbed down to the talan below. Larien, seeing how amusing the situation was, wanted to make it even more entertaining for herself. She sneaked up behind a giggling Elrohir and pushed him off the talan they were standing on, causing him to add to the mountain of people.
Larien decided to give the situation a beautiful finale. She gave a war cry and then pounced onto the pile beneath her, receiving a chorus of "No's"
Passersby paused and shook their heads, all of them knew at once that Galadriel's grandsons had arrived. Only they were capable of causing such mischief. From the crowd emerged Arwen and Glorfindel and Arwen had her hand in his."I should have known you would get yourselves into such nonsense. And only the both of you could ever bring out Haldir's childish side!" She cried in a faked exasperated tone. She was clearly amused by the sight as Larien sat up on the pile, bouncing up and down, obviously enjoying every moan of protest from beneath her.
Finally with a combined effort of Legolas and Haldir, Larien toppled off the little hill, shaking with laughter. Aurora emerged from the bottom of the heap, surprisingly unharmed. Thanks to Haldir, who tried his best to support the weight of four elves on his poor arms and knees, she did not have to suffer too much.
Elladan and Elrohir scrambled to their feet and dusted the dirt off their elven mail. They were identical in their movements and it was truly a sight to see. Elladan eyed Glorfindel suspiciously.
"Where were you? We thought we had lost you when we entered Lothlorien." said Elladan. He paused for a moment and Elrohir continued, as if he shared the same thoughts as his twin. "It seems you have reached our little sister before we did."
"I was.." Glorfindel quickly let go of Arwen's hand and blushed. "I was just faster... that's all." He stammered.
"Why were you holding her hand?" Haldir interrogated.
"Why are you blushing profusely?" Legolas went further into the interrogation.
"Stop asking him these things.." Arwen defended him and received a grateful smile from him.
Elladan and Elrohir were not satisfied. Elrohir pressed a finger on Glorfindel's chest and said, "I better not find you doing anything stupid."
"Or we'll...tell our father." Elladan added.
"Elladan... that was not exactly the most intimidating thing to say."
Glorfindel raised an eyebrow in response while Elladan continued, stammering," Ahh...yes, you'd better watch out! Quick brother, Grandmother awaits!" Elrohir sighed at his brother's stupidity and agreed,"Yes, we have let her wait long enough. Off we go!"
The twins turned and left, Elrohir picking up some more petals and started tossing them into the air.
"I can't wait till Arwen gets married! I want to toss flowers all over her!" Elrohir's mad laughter could be heard as he and his brother went to look for their grandmother.
The others stared at the twins in amazement as they left, what a scene they were creating! Glorfindel realized that Larien was there with them too. He shot her a quick glare before Arwen linked her arm in his and stole him away from the group.
Larien folded her arms and stuck her tongue out at Glorfindel who now had his back turned to her and was being dragged along by Arwen to who-knows-where.
"You know, I don't know why Glorfindel doesn't like me." She said, frowning.
"Its been a mutual feeling for years, hasn't it? And none of you know the reason for your dislike for each other." Legolas stated.
Haldir just shook his head. "Well, come now, Larien. Glorfindel isn't really that awful."
"We have a character clash. He's too serious and thinks I'm not. And he acts as if its everybody's fault that he has so much responsibilities." She said and after a few moments, let out a long sigh.
"I quite agree with you with all the responsibilities but I'm certain he does not blame anyone for them." Said Legolas, who had finally spoke up after keeping quiet for the past minute or so.
"Right. Anyway, Aurora. Where is she?" Larien asked.
"She's right here...oh! Where did she disappear to?" Haldir asked looking around him, Aurora who had just been with them, had now vanished, just like everyone else in the group, only he did not know where to.
"Well, did you notice that Hannah wasn't with Legolas either? Do you think they both disappeared?"
"What? I thought Hannah was with you two!" Legolas exclaimed, his voice starting to sound a little worried.
"Then let me look for Aurora, you and Haldir look for Hannah." Larien said quickly and without waiting for the others to respond, she left in a hurry, vanishing into the trees.
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"Aurora! Aurora! Where are you?" Larien called desperately as she went in search of the young red-head. It had been two-hours and she still could not be found. The elf was beginning to feel her anxiousness grow. To lose something was bad enough, but for a person to go missing, now that was a whole different story. A whole different sort of trouble.
Larien sighed for the second time that day. She never did like seaching, especially when whatever it is she was looking for would not be found. Suddenly, there came a rustling of the leaves and from it appeared the human girl, the person whom she had being looking for.
"Aurora! Where have you been?!" Larien nearly screamed out in frustration.
"I went to collect my things. I need to go back home, I just had to find you and Haldir to tell you that I'm leaving." Larien saw that the girl had a knacksack in her hands and she certainly looked ready to leave, it puzzled her. Who could leave Lorien the fair so quickly? Aurora had only been there not more than three days and that must have been the shortest time anyone had ever stayed in Lothlorien for.
"Leaving already? Why?"
"Well, I... I've come to realize that I can't stay here anymore. " Aurora said. She quickly turned her head away, a tear started down her cheek that she did not want Larien to see. The fact of the matter was that she had already been crying a lot before Larien 'found' her. She did not want to leave and also, she had thought a lot about Haldir. He was one of the reasons that made her feel that she had to go.
"But."
"No, don't say anymore, please just tell Haldir that I am sorry and my sister that I have gone back." She said, cutting Larien off. She ran her arms around Larien into a tight hug and when she released her, to Larien's surprise, she had not expected the hug, she said, "I will never forget you."
Aurora turned to go but Larien quickly shook herself out of her stunness and pulled Aurora back.
"No! You're not going anywhere until you explain all this! I want to know why you're leaving." Larien said sternly, like an older sister to a younger one. It was one of those times when Larien was actually having a serious conversation, a very rare time indeed for this elf was often seen to be in laughter.
"I... its a silly reason but yet, I know..." Aurora stammered. Her throat felt dry and stuck, like cotton balls that refused to leave. Another small tear fell down from her eyes.
"Why are you crying? Are you leaving because we did something to offend you? Because if we have..."
"No... its nothing like that at all. You were very good to me. And I thank you... but I just realized... Haldir taught me something unconsciously, he did. When I've treated him horribly and I kicked him and bit on him and call him all sorts of horrid names, he was still kind to me, in his own way. He comforted me when I was upset and even protected me from the huge mess you made not long ago. When you were all jumping on one another, he covered me and made sure I did not get hurt and I've come to realize that I can't be so selfish... I need to go home. Back to my father..." Aurora cried, she turned away after pouring out everything that she had not meant to tell anyone at all.
Larien was shocked to hear what she had to say about Haldir because she knew that he could be so kind and sensitive but she nodded anyway. Her brother must have been extremely fond of her to go to such extents.
"Then at least come with me and say goodbye to Haldir. I am sure he will want to know you are safe, and see you with his own eyes."Larien told the girl. "He was quite worried that you were missing."
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End of chapter 5
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Plasmolysed Cell Membrane: Here you go Vicki! This one is for you!!!!! YERRRCH! SEE TOLD YOU I CAN'T WRITE! ITS SUCKS AND ITS CORNY!!!! but read and review. =P
Crazy Beautiful
Chapter 5
Missing
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"Larien, my sweet, sweet Larien! How long has it been since we have gazed upon thy lovely face?." Elrohir sang as he sprinkled rose petals on Larien's head, eddying round her. Elladan just smiled at her and nodded a greeting. Elrohir and Elladan had been part of the mischievous group of elfings that spent their early years together with Larien and Haldir.
"What brings the both of you here?"
"Our horses." Elrohir replied with a foolish grin, not breaking his stride, only to receive a smack on his head from Larien.
"We have come to visit our sister. Glorfindel has come to visit as well but he will be not be staying long, he stopped by on his way to Mirkwood, he has to see King Thranduil concerning some matters. My father did not mention what they were, he never does."
"They never tell us 'children' what is going on around here. We always get the dirty jobs of dealing with the orcs." Larien agreed. "And how are you doing?" she asked him, ignoring the occasional passing of the delirious elf circling her.
Elladan shrugged, his hand automatically reaching up to his head to rub it. Though the brothers were very similar to each other, Elladan had always been a little more shy than his twin and his shyness would work its way to the surface every time he met Larien. Which was rarely as they had their own duties in their own homes. The brothers had been competing for Larien ever since they were old enough for their hormones to race. It started as a simple infatuation and a simple game, but as they grew older, instead of it fading off, it became even more heated. Fortunately for Larien, the twins were kept very busy by their father.
"I'm fine, though father has been keeping us even more busy as of late, what with all the orcs and hunting trips." Elladan said trying to sound nonchalant. Elrohir halted his prancing all of a sudden and added in," Ah but what fun it has been, eh brother? Especially the last century or so. Too bad you weren't there. Join us some time? We need a little more adventure."
"Will we be having to save you again, like the last time Elrohir?" Larien asked, smirking. Elrohir scrunched up his face in denial. "That's because I let you save me! I could have dealt with that spider myself."
"Right. And return home with your arms and legs missing." Elladan laughed.
"That's quite fine. Your poor father will have one ball of mischief less. The bigger ball I might add." Larien added, putting an arm around Elladan's shoulder. Elrohir opened his mouth to protest again but Larien grabbed their hands and dragged them forcefully towards where the talans were located.
"Come now, Legolas will be glad to see the both of you." She flew up the ladder and found Legolas stringing his bow. "Guess who's here!" She swept her arm dramatically as Elrohir scrambled up the flet with a big grin on his face, followed by Elladan. Elrohir clasped his childhood friend's forearm and gathered him in a hug. The affection was short lived as soon, they found themselves on the floor, with Legolas pinned underneath a laughing Elladan. Not one to be dominated, Legolas roughly heaved the elf to the side, successfully positioning himself on top of Elladan. The tussle continued as they threw friendly punches and kicks. Larien sighed, shaking her head and said aloud,"They never change do they. Sure they may be past a thousand years, but no, still elfings."
Elrohir ignored her, cheering loudly as the two elves rolled off the talan and onto another one below. The impact only got a grunt out of them as they continued wrestling. The two males kept rolling and it eventually went out of their control, causing them to fall down yet again, not knowing that there was a pair of unaware people sitting below the tree.
Haldir looked up and was shocked to see Legolas and Elladan rolling off the talan. His first reaction was to push Aurora away but ended up lying on top of her. Soon, the other two elves came falling from the last talan and piled up onto Haldir and Aurora. Elrohir and Larien decided to have a closer look at the mess that was just created and climbed down to the talan below. Larien, seeing how amusing the situation was, wanted to make it even more entertaining for herself. She sneaked up behind a giggling Elrohir and pushed him off the talan they were standing on, causing him to add to the mountain of people.
Larien decided to give the situation a beautiful finale. She gave a war cry and then pounced onto the pile beneath her, receiving a chorus of "No's"
Passersby paused and shook their heads, all of them knew at once that Galadriel's grandsons had arrived. Only they were capable of causing such mischief. From the crowd emerged Arwen and Glorfindel and Arwen had her hand in his."I should have known you would get yourselves into such nonsense. And only the both of you could ever bring out Haldir's childish side!" She cried in a faked exasperated tone. She was clearly amused by the sight as Larien sat up on the pile, bouncing up and down, obviously enjoying every moan of protest from beneath her.
Finally with a combined effort of Legolas and Haldir, Larien toppled off the little hill, shaking with laughter. Aurora emerged from the bottom of the heap, surprisingly unharmed. Thanks to Haldir, who tried his best to support the weight of four elves on his poor arms and knees, she did not have to suffer too much.
Elladan and Elrohir scrambled to their feet and dusted the dirt off their elven mail. They were identical in their movements and it was truly a sight to see. Elladan eyed Glorfindel suspiciously.
"Where were you? We thought we had lost you when we entered Lothlorien." said Elladan. He paused for a moment and Elrohir continued, as if he shared the same thoughts as his twin. "It seems you have reached our little sister before we did."
"I was.." Glorfindel quickly let go of Arwen's hand and blushed. "I was just faster... that's all." He stammered.
"Why were you holding her hand?" Haldir interrogated.
"Why are you blushing profusely?" Legolas went further into the interrogation.
"Stop asking him these things.." Arwen defended him and received a grateful smile from him.
Elladan and Elrohir were not satisfied. Elrohir pressed a finger on Glorfindel's chest and said, "I better not find you doing anything stupid."
"Or we'll...tell our father." Elladan added.
"Elladan... that was not exactly the most intimidating thing to say."
Glorfindel raised an eyebrow in response while Elladan continued, stammering," Ahh...yes, you'd better watch out! Quick brother, Grandmother awaits!" Elrohir sighed at his brother's stupidity and agreed,"Yes, we have let her wait long enough. Off we go!"
The twins turned and left, Elrohir picking up some more petals and started tossing them into the air.
"I can't wait till Arwen gets married! I want to toss flowers all over her!" Elrohir's mad laughter could be heard as he and his brother went to look for their grandmother.
The others stared at the twins in amazement as they left, what a scene they were creating! Glorfindel realized that Larien was there with them too. He shot her a quick glare before Arwen linked her arm in his and stole him away from the group.
Larien folded her arms and stuck her tongue out at Glorfindel who now had his back turned to her and was being dragged along by Arwen to who-knows-where.
"You know, I don't know why Glorfindel doesn't like me." She said, frowning.
"Its been a mutual feeling for years, hasn't it? And none of you know the reason for your dislike for each other." Legolas stated.
Haldir just shook his head. "Well, come now, Larien. Glorfindel isn't really that awful."
"We have a character clash. He's too serious and thinks I'm not. And he acts as if its everybody's fault that he has so much responsibilities." She said and after a few moments, let out a long sigh.
"I quite agree with you with all the responsibilities but I'm certain he does not blame anyone for them." Said Legolas, who had finally spoke up after keeping quiet for the past minute or so.
"Right. Anyway, Aurora. Where is she?" Larien asked.
"She's right here...oh! Where did she disappear to?" Haldir asked looking around him, Aurora who had just been with them, had now vanished, just like everyone else in the group, only he did not know where to.
"Well, did you notice that Hannah wasn't with Legolas either? Do you think they both disappeared?"
"What? I thought Hannah was with you two!" Legolas exclaimed, his voice starting to sound a little worried.
"Then let me look for Aurora, you and Haldir look for Hannah." Larien said quickly and without waiting for the others to respond, she left in a hurry, vanishing into the trees.
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"Aurora! Aurora! Where are you?" Larien called desperately as she went in search of the young red-head. It had been two-hours and she still could not be found. The elf was beginning to feel her anxiousness grow. To lose something was bad enough, but for a person to go missing, now that was a whole different story. A whole different sort of trouble.
Larien sighed for the second time that day. She never did like seaching, especially when whatever it is she was looking for would not be found. Suddenly, there came a rustling of the leaves and from it appeared the human girl, the person whom she had being looking for.
"Aurora! Where have you been?!" Larien nearly screamed out in frustration.
"I went to collect my things. I need to go back home, I just had to find you and Haldir to tell you that I'm leaving." Larien saw that the girl had a knacksack in her hands and she certainly looked ready to leave, it puzzled her. Who could leave Lorien the fair so quickly? Aurora had only been there not more than three days and that must have been the shortest time anyone had ever stayed in Lothlorien for.
"Leaving already? Why?"
"Well, I... I've come to realize that I can't stay here anymore. " Aurora said. She quickly turned her head away, a tear started down her cheek that she did not want Larien to see. The fact of the matter was that she had already been crying a lot before Larien 'found' her. She did not want to leave and also, she had thought a lot about Haldir. He was one of the reasons that made her feel that she had to go.
"But."
"No, don't say anymore, please just tell Haldir that I am sorry and my sister that I have gone back." She said, cutting Larien off. She ran her arms around Larien into a tight hug and when she released her, to Larien's surprise, she had not expected the hug, she said, "I will never forget you."
Aurora turned to go but Larien quickly shook herself out of her stunness and pulled Aurora back.
"No! You're not going anywhere until you explain all this! I want to know why you're leaving." Larien said sternly, like an older sister to a younger one. It was one of those times when Larien was actually having a serious conversation, a very rare time indeed for this elf was often seen to be in laughter.
"I... its a silly reason but yet, I know..." Aurora stammered. Her throat felt dry and stuck, like cotton balls that refused to leave. Another small tear fell down from her eyes.
"Why are you crying? Are you leaving because we did something to offend you? Because if we have..."
"No... its nothing like that at all. You were very good to me. And I thank you... but I just realized... Haldir taught me something unconsciously, he did. When I've treated him horribly and I kicked him and bit on him and call him all sorts of horrid names, he was still kind to me, in his own way. He comforted me when I was upset and even protected me from the huge mess you made not long ago. When you were all jumping on one another, he covered me and made sure I did not get hurt and I've come to realize that I can't be so selfish... I need to go home. Back to my father..." Aurora cried, she turned away after pouring out everything that she had not meant to tell anyone at all.
Larien was shocked to hear what she had to say about Haldir because she knew that he could be so kind and sensitive but she nodded anyway. Her brother must have been extremely fond of her to go to such extents.
"Then at least come with me and say goodbye to Haldir. I am sure he will want to know you are safe, and see you with his own eyes."Larien told the girl. "He was quite worried that you were missing."
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End of chapter 5
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Plasmolysed Cell Membrane: Here you go Vicki! This one is for you!!!!! YERRRCH! SEE TOLD YOU I CAN'T WRITE! ITS SUCKS AND ITS CORNY!!!! but read and review. =P
